Egg-beater



(No Model.)

W. s. SWIFT.

EGG HEATER. No. 583,775. Patented June 1,1897. V

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XV ILLIS S. SVIFT, OF GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

EGG-BEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,77 5, dated June 1, 1897.

Application filed March 23, 1896.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIS S. SWIFT, a citizen of the United States, residing in Gloucester, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cake and Egg Beaters, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in devices of the above class; and it consists of the improved form and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically set forth and claimed.

The object of the present invention is to provide a cake and egg beater which may be conveniently attached to the usualform of saucepan, which not only saves the expense of a specially-designed pan, but is a matter of great convenience in cooking, since the food may be cooked in the same pan in which the stirring operation is performed.

The present invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a saucepan provided with my improved beater. Fig. 2 is a plan view of same.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout both views.

In the drawings, P represents a common form of saucepan provided with a handle 19.

The reference-letters 6 Z) b b represent a series of stirring-blades, which project radially from a hub b. The hub b is fixedly secured to a shaft 5 which is free to rotate in suitable bearings. The lower bearing of the shaft 29 is formed in a plate or block 5 which is secured to or restsupon the bottom of the pan P, and in which is formed a socket 12 which is engaged by a pin upon the lower end of the rod N, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

It will be noted that the blades 1) Z) Z) Z) are inclined to the bottom of the pan, which tends to give the eggs or dough to be beaten an over-and-over movement,which greatly facilitates the beating operation. It will also be noted that the blades b b, 850., project downwardly from the hub b along the block 12 until they are almost in contact with the bottom of the pan P. This is also a feature of importance, particularly in connection Serial No. 584,562. (No model.)

with the inclined blades 1) b, 850., since it prevents any of the material to be beaten from being. left upon the bottom of the pan and escaping the beating operation. The upper bearing of the shaft 19 is formed in what I have called a cross-bar D, which is secured in position upon the pan P and which acts with the blockb to hold the shaft 19 in position, leaving it free to be rotated by the operating-crank 5 which is secured to the shaft b in the usual manner.

The cross-bar D constitutes an important feature of the present invention and is preferably formed of a single strip of metal, being provided with the downwardly and inwardly bent lugs 01 61 and with the tongue cl and downwardly-bent lugs d 01 The lugs d d engage the rim p of the pan P opposite to the handle p and extend into the pan P through suitable perforations in its sides. The tongue 61' is bent slightly upward and projects along the handle 19. The lugs d d engage the rim 19 upon opposite sides of the handle 19 and projectalong the side of pan P. On the handle 19 is a movable ring (1 which is adapted to be slid over the tongue d and to hold it firmly in position upon the handle 10.

The above-described arrangement is such that the lugs d 61 act to hold one end of bar D in position, while the other end is held by lugs 01 d tongue 61, and ring (1 and by removing ring 01 from tongue d the bar D can be readily removed from the pan.

The operation of my invention has been sufficiently described in connection with the foregoing description of the form and arrangement of parts.

I therefore claim as novel and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination with a saucepan and its handle, of a series of stirring-blades and their driving-shaft, a cross-bar supporting said shaft, lugs on the cross-bar engaging the rim of the pan, and clamping means on the handle and cross-bar cooperating with said lugs to hold the cross-bar in position, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a saucepan and its handle, of a series of stirring-blades and their driving-shaft, a crossbar supporting said shaft, downwardly and inwardly bent lugs upon one end of the crossbar engaging bearing for the upper end of said shaft, lugs on the cross-bar engaging apertures in the rim of the saucepan, and suitable clamping device between said cross-bar and the handle of said pan, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two attesting Witnesses.

WILLIS S. SVIFT.

Witnesses:

FRANZ E. SMorHEN, CYRUS STORY. 

